4to. Unpaginated (20pp. & 9pp. of plates). Original printed wraps. Reprinted from "The China Journal," Vol. VIII, No. 6, June, 1928, pp. 303-312 and Vol. IX, No. 1, July, 1928, pp. 14-23. Alphonse Marie Tracey Woodward was famous as a collector of Japanese stamps. He expanded his collecting into coins when he moved to China in 1916. He became well-known by publishing articles in "The China Journal." In 1936, the articles were combined in "The Minted 10 Cash Coins of China." Eight years earlier he also wrote a key work on Japanese stamps entitled "The Postage Stamps of Japan and Dependencies." This work contains impressions by Woodward on his journey through (mainly) Iran in 1925/25. Illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs. Minor age wear and creasing on wraps. Head and tail of spine slightly chipped. Sporadic foxing throughout. Overall good condition. Bookseller Inventory # 31587

Since 1985 we offer individual books for sale from our inventory of 150,000 rare, out-of-print and antiquarian volumes on many topics, with an emphasis on Judaica, Hebraica, Bibles and rabbinics, the fine and decorative arts, architecture, photography, textile and wallpaper sample books, Bauhaus and the avant garde, expressionist dance, Olympic Games and sport, the ancient near-east and archeology, erotica, illustrated and foreign-language books, especially German, Yiddish, Polish and Hebrew, as well as books from the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich, plus Russian constructivist materials.
We create book collections, both large and small, for individuals, decorators, archives and libraries¿currently available: a 10,000-volume research collection on Judaica in the German language.
In addition, we maintain a beguiling selection of original works of art and photography.
Eric Chaim Kline provides appraisal services for estate, insurance and tax purposes, often helping to match book donors with libraries and museums.
We purchase books of merit and entire collections; we also take books on consignment with favorable terms.
We are a rental source for movie and tv production, occasionally providing the prop on which the plot turns.
Traveling throughout the U.S. and Europe, Eric Chaim Kline has been buying and selling old and rare books since the 1980¿s, when in graduate school at Brandeis University. Proprietor of bookshops in several Los Angeles locations since 1985, he hosts visitors by appointment in our lively bookstore and ships books to collectors, libraries and museums worldwide.
Kline occasionally lectures on topics in book collecting and Jewish studies. He sponsors the annual Bibliography Award granted by the Association of Jewish Libraries and serves on the national board of the Antiquarian Booksellers¿ Association of America.
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